Fijian Language - VOS

VOS in linguistics stands for Verb-Object-Subject. In linguistic typology, a verb-object-subject language is one in which the verb, object, and subject of a sentence appear or usually appear in that order.

For example in Fijian this sentence - 'The dog bit Jone' is translated 'E kati Jone na koli'. If English was VOS this would read 'bit Jone the dog'.

So remember this structure when writing or speaking Fijian that the verb begins the sentence, followed by the object then the subject.

Some more Fijian sentences showing the VOS structure

Sa lako ki Suva o Jone - Jone has gone to Suva.
Sa wilika o Jone na i vola - Jone has read the book.
E siwata o Jone e dua na ika - Jone has caught a fish.